type: facility
datestamp: 2006-01-27
lastmod: 2009-08-20 14:29:51
metadata_visibility: show
title: Organic farm KWS Klostergut Wiebrechtshausen GmbH
subjects: 8planthealth
subjects: 3cereals
subjects: 2cropcomb
subjects: 9weed
subjects: 7plantbreed
subjects: rootcrops
subjects: 4plant
full_text_status: none
keywords: organic farm, breeding, seed multiplication, seed treatment, cereals, potato, corn, sugar beet
abstract: In 2002 KWS SAAT AG took a conventional arable farm on lease and converted it to organic farming. Management is done by the daughter company KWS Klostergut Wiebrechtshausen GmbH. Due to EC-regulation 2091/92 and additionally to the guidelines of Naturland farming is performed.
The farm is aimed to produce seed (cereal, potato). Furthermore varieties and lines of different crops of the KWS group are tested on their suitability in organic farming. A specific breeding program for organic corn varieties is running.
Wiebrechtshausen is a location of the official variety trials in Lower Saxony.
The farm is involved in permanent investigations on seed treatment of various crops (cereals, corn, sugar beet) and in a two-years program on organic sugar beet growing.
institution: organic farming
citation: {Facility} Wiebrechtshausen: Organic farm KWS Klostergut Wiebrechtshausen GmbH. Facility Leader(s): Altenweger, Axel, organic farming.